Appointed under the National Health Reorganisation Act 1973 which required JCCs representing the AHA, district and county councils.
The OAHA was replaced by the Oxfordshire Health Authority in April 1982 and the JCC was reconstituted in October 1982.
As a result of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 meetings were held in public.
See also Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, 2004- (CC2/33)